Wheat Ridge High School is a public secondary school in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Part of Jefferson County Public Schools, the school enrolled 932 students in the 2024âÂÂ25 academic year.
Academics
Enrollment
In the 2024âÂÂ25 academic year, Wheat Ridge High School enrolled 932 students and employed 51.67 classroom teachers (on a full-time equivalent basis), for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.04.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
State championship titles:
- Baseball: 1992 (5A)
- Boys' ice hockey: 2002, 2006, 2007(5A)
- Girls' ice hockey: 2007, 2008, 2009
- Boys' basketball: 1944 (B), 1953 (A), 1963 (AAA), 1968 (AAA), 1991 (5A)
- Girls' basketball: 1977 (AAA), 1982 (4A)
- Boys' cross country: 1977 (I), 1979, 1981, (I)2007
- Girls' cross country: 1981 (I)
- Football: 1966 (AAA), 1967 (AAA), 1973 (AAA), 1994 (4A), 1996 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2010 (4A)
- Girls' golf: 1991 (team); Amy Root, 1991 (individual)
- Girls' gymnastics: 1985 (III)
- Softball: 2002 (5A), 2003 (5A), 2008 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2013 (4A)
- Girls' soccer: 2009, 2010
- Girls' swimming: 1987 (5A), 1988 (5A)
- Boys' tennis: 1991 (6A)
- Boys' track and field: 1942 (B), 1944 (B), 1945 (B), 1946 (B), 1950 (B), 1978 (AAA)
- Girls' track and field: 1978 (AAA)
- Girls' volleyball: 1987 (4A), 1990 (5A)
- Marching band: 1993 (4A), 1996
- Winter Percussion: 2004 (PSA), 2013 (PSA), 2016 (PSCA), 2017 (PSCA), 2018(PSCA)
Notable alumni
- Don Alley, NFL player
- Annaleigh Ashford, Broadway actress
- Jeff Fosnes, Vanderbilt University basketball player (1972âÂÂ1976), Golden State Warriors draft pick (1976), two-time NCAA Academic All-American, and Sunkist High School All-American
- Pat Frink, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals)
- Tim Gill, co-founder of Quark, Inc.; LGBT rights activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner
- Ray Johnson, football player
- Annie Kunz, Olympic athlete (track and field)
- Terry Kunz, NFL player
- Shayla LaVeaux, adult film actress
- Dave Logan, NFL player; football coach, radio and television host
- Nathan Marquardt, professional mixed martial arts fighter, formerly competing in the UFC
- Homer L. Pearson, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
- Dean Reed, actor, director, singer, and songwriter
- Freddie Steinmark, starting safety on Texas' 1969 national championship team; author of I Play to Win, published after he lost his battle to cancer in 1971
- Don Styron, hurdler, still current world record holder in the now defunct 200 meter low hurdle race, set in 1960
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